influenza

Morning Break: U.S. Life Expectancy Drops; Manipulating Memories; Feds' Pharma Probe

<![CDATA[]]>(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. For the third straight year, life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen, driven in part by higher mortality among young...

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Health organizations urge people to get vaccinated against the flu

Health organizations are urging people to get their flu shot soon to protect themselves during the upcoming influenza season. Source link

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Impact of H1N1 Influenza Vaccination on Child Morbidity in Guinea-Bissau

AbstractBackgroundIn addition to vaccines’ specific effects, vaccines may have non-specific effects (NSEs) altering the susceptibility to unrelated infections. Non-live vaccines have been associated with negative NSEs. In 2010, a campaign...

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Correction: ADAMTS5 Is a Critical Regulator of Virus-Specific T Cell Immunity

by Meagan McMahon, Siying Ye, Leonard Izzard, Daniel Dlugolenski, Ralph A. Tripp, Andrew G. D. Bean, Daniel R. McCulloch, John Stambas Source link

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Study shows how measles virus causes immune amnesia

Over the last decade, evidence has mounted that the measles vaccine protects in not one but two ways: Not only does it prevent the well-known acute illness with spots and...

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Facebook takes social media into preventive health – but is it private?

Facebook’s (FB) new Preventive Health Tool has been set up to connect its users to resources and reminders for health assessments in three major areas – heart disease and stroke,...

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Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine

Now, a new study published in the journal Science on October 25, 2019, reports on a set of three novel antibodies that bind to another type of viral cell surface...

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Emory researchers awarded NIAID contract to develop better drug against influenza

With the flu killing an average of 20,000 people annually in the United States and posing the larger threat of global pandemics, Emory University's strides in influenza research carry the...

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Influenza vaccine is recommended for autoimmune neuromuscular diseases

Most neurologists surveyed said they would recommend an influenza vaccine for patients with autoimmune neuromuscular diseases, such as myasthenia gravis (MG) or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), researchers reported here...

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Researchers bring us one step closer to universal influenza vaccine

The scourge of the influenza virus devastates health and claims many lives worldwide each year. It is especially daunting because vaccines are only protective when they are well matched to...

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Medical News Today: What to know about influenza A

Influenza A is a common type of the flu virus. Here, we discuss its symptoms and how to treat and prevent this highly contagious virus. Source link

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Medical News Today: What is influenza B and what does it do?

Influenza B is one type of influenza virus that can cause the flu. It typically causes milder flu symptoms than influenza A and affects children more often than adults. Learn...

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Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2019-2020

This statement updates the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the routine use of influenza vaccines and antiviral medications in the prevention and treatment of influenza in children...

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Circulating Influenza B Viruses May Be Closer Match to Cell-Based Vaccines Than Egg-Based Vaccines

It appears that circulating influenza B/Victoria (B/Vic) viruses are a closer match to cell-based B/Vic vaccine viruses than egg-based B/Vic vaccine viruses, according to data presented at the Options for...

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Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH award to develop universal flu vaccine

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a contract award of up to $132 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of...

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NIAID initiates new Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers program

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has initiated the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers program, a new network of research centers...

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Flu Shot Warning: Could Increase Miscarriage Risk, Other Side Effects

Why is the flu vaccine so ineffective? And what risks does it pose to pregnant women? Read on to find out. Source link

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UMSOM receives landmark contract from NIAID for influenza research

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Dean...

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Microbiome loss from antibiotic use affects response to flu vaccine

Every living person has trillions of microbes living in their digestive tract, and more than 400 species of bacteria in the gut, more than the number of cells in the...

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Facebook takes a stand against Anti-vaxxers and vaccine misinformation

Vaccination conspiracy theories and false information regarding vaccination safety has led to decline in vaccine uptake among millions of parents for their children. This has resulted in the comeback of...

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